The FY25 cops hiring program (CHP) provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing…

The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program awarded the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office $238,125 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award is structured as a Project Grant with a period of performance through September 30, 2030, and place of performance in Evansville, Indiana.

The COPS Hiring Program funds state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to advance community policing practice nationwide. Anticipated outcomes under this award include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased agency capacity to engage in community policing activities. Recipients are required to submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 Federal Financial Reports, participate in DOJ award monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews, and retain financial records and supporting documents for three years following award conclusion.

The FY25 cops hiring program (CHP) provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes of CHP awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities